JUST IN: Two people shot outside shopping centre in Durban

Two people have been shot outside a shopping centre in the southern suburbs of Durban, Wednesday, 9 November.

TWO PEOPLE CRITICAL AFTER BEING SHOT AT

Emer-G-Med has reported that their paramedics are currently in attendance at a shooting incident at a shopping centre on Tara Road on the Bluff in Durban.

“Reports from the scene are that two adults have sustained gunshot wounds with one person being left in a critical condition.”

Emer-G Med

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CRITICAL VICTIMS ATTENDED TO BY PARAMEDICS

Emer-G-Med further reported that Advanced Life Support paramedics are currently working to stabilize the injured before taking them to a nearby hospital for further definitive care.

MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTING REMAINS UNKNOWN

“The facts surrounding the incident and the events preceding it are unclear and will form the subject of a South African Police Services investigation,” the company reported.

This incident comes days after the shooting incident at Durban’s largest shopping centre, Gateway.

On Sunday, 30 October, a man shot and killed a woman at the shopping centre’s parking lot before turning the gun on himself.

The Centre speculated a domestic dispute to be behind the fatal shooting.

Spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South African Police Services (SAPS) Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala said that the circumstances are being investigated.

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In other news, four security officers were left with moderate injuries following a cash-in-transit heist on the N4 national highway this morning.

Emer-G-Med paramedics responded to the scene near Simon Vermooten Road to find absolute chaos.
Multiple security vehicles lay strewn across the roadway with the cash van having been blown up by suspects.

The four security officers sustained moderate injuries and were treated and stabilized on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
There were no fatalities reported.

The South African Police Services (SAPS) were in attendance and will be conducting the necessary investigation accordingly.